This is a list of events from British radio in 1920.
Events January – The first informal and spasmodic broadcasts in the United Kingdom are made by the Marconi Company from Chelmsford in Essex. These broadcasts include both speech and music.The Shell Book of Firsts 1983. pp. 145–8. 23 February–6 March – The Marconi Company broadcasts from Chelmsford a series of 30-minute shows repeated twice daily. These include live music performances. 15 June – Australian soprano Dame Nellie Melba becomes history's first well-known professional performer to make a radio broadcast when she sings two arias as part of the series of Marconi broadcasts from Chelmsford. November – The Marconi broadcasts from Chelmsford cease after it is claimed they interfere with aircraft and ship communications. They resume in 1922 regularly as 2MT.
Births 5 February – Frank Muir, comedy writer (died 1998) 2 April – Ian Messiter, panel game creator (died 1999) 2 May – Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson, Scottish pianist, composer and broadcaster (died 1980) 12 June – Peter Jones, comic actor (died 2000) 18 June – Ian Carmichael, actor (died 2010) 28 June – Irene Thomas, radio quiz show player (died 2001) 12 October – Steve Conway, singer (died 1952)London Metropolitan Archives; London, England, UK; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P72/BAT
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